Skiing's governing body has injected the men's Alpine course at Whistler with water to harden the surface as the Winter Games near. Such a practice allows a course to better withstand warm weather and rain, and is not uncommon in international competition ...

The women's downhill at the World Ski Championships scheduled here on Sunday was postponed until Monday because of snow and foggy conditions on the course, organisers said. The start time of the blue riband women's event was twice put back but organisers finally announced the decision to hold it over at 1410 GMT. Heavy snow fell overnight and ...